Cambridge American History Seminar For further details, pre-circulated papers and other seminars see the CAHS webpage. 7 November (Room TBC): Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia University, and Michael O’Brien Distinguished Historian, University of Cambridge Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
The School of Law at Birmingham City University is looking to appoint a highly motivated and talented Lecturer/Senior Lecturer to support our LLB with American Legal studies pathway. The successful applicant will contribute towards our American Criminal Procedure, US Constitutional Law, and U.S. Dissertation modules as well as support our well established American Legal Placement initiative. Having a US law qualification is desirable but not essential. The successful applicant will also be required to contribute to at least one of the foundation subjects on the LLB. Interviews will take place week commencing 28th November 2016 For more information about applying and for the job description for the post, please see the current vacancies on the BCU website: http://jobs.bcu.ac.uk/. Alternatively if you require the application in a different format please contact the Human Resources Department at hrrecruitment@bcu.ac.uk or on 0121 331 6693. Birmingham City University seeks to be a single status employer and benefits include […]
8 November 2016, 1:30pm-5:30pm US ELECTIONS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE This half-day symposium will discuss the historical significance of the current presidential election. Speakers to include: Emily Charnock (Cambridge), Patrick Andelic (QMUL), Ursula Hackett (QMUL) and Iwan Morgan (UCL-IA). More information.
For the twelfth consecutive year, the John A. Adams ’71 Center for Military History & Strategic Analysis at the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va., is pleased to announce that it will award prizes for the best unpublished papers on Cold War military history. Any aspect of the Cold War (1945-1991) era is eligible, including papers on military strategy, plans, and operations; the relationship between the armed forces and society; international security affairs; and the connections between Cold War military history and contemporary geopolitical challenges. Prizes: First place will earn a plaque and a cash award of $2,000; second place, $1,000 and a plaque; and third place, $500 and a plaque. Procedures: Entries should be sent electronically to the Adams Center at the Virginia Military Institute by Friday, 11 November 2016. Please make your submission as Microsoft Word document and limit your entry to a maximum of 7,500 words (minimum 4,000 […]
Eccles Centre Training Session: Researching in the North American Collections at the British Library When: Friday 11 November, 11.30-15.00 Where: The British Library, Boston Spa (West Yorkshire) Price: £12 (lunch and a coach pick up from York train station will be provided) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researching-in-the-north-american-collections-at-the-british-library-tickets-28504570939 The British Library’s North American collections are the largest outside of the US, and hold huge research potential. For the same reasons, researchers new to the Library may find the experience daunting and not know how to best approach working with the collections. With such vast holdings, even more experienced users are liable to overlook key resources. This interdisciplinary day will start with an illustrated overview of the Library's North American collections, including tips on how best to navigate the Library's catalogues and electronic databases and a digital ‘show & tell’. Participants can then select from a choice of talks on North American newspapers, working with US Federal […]
CALL FOR PAPERS Pocahontas and after: historical culture and transatlantic encounters, 1617-2017 The British Library and the Institute for Historical Research, London March 16-18, 2017 A major international conference to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Pocahontas’ death. Co-hosted by the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library and the Institute for Historical Research. Additional support has been provided by the Omohundro Institute for Early American History and Culture and The University of Warwick. In 2017 the Anglo-American world will mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Pocahontas. Numerous commemorative activities, from walking tours to talking monuments, have been planned on both sides of the Atlantic. Intense, closely focused interest in her life, is, of course, not a new phenomenon. Her story has been romanticised at many points over the centuries, and multiple representations of Pocahontas (as Noble Savage, Mother of a Nation, […]
Queen’s University Belfast seek a Lecturer to undertake research in American History in line with the School’s research strategy, to teach at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and to contribute to School administration/outreach activity. The post is available immediately. Further information about the School may be obtained at www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ/ Informal enquires may be directed to Dr K Turton, email: k.turton@qub.ac.uk, Telephone 028 9097 3664 or Dr A Stanonis, email: a.stanonis@qub.ac.uk, Telephone 028 9097 5030. Anticipated interview date: Friday 16 December 2016 Closing date: Monday 14 November 2016 Apply online at www.qub.ac.uk/jobs. For further information or assistance contact the Personnel Department, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN. Telephone (028) 9097 3044 or email onpersonnel@qub.ac.uk. The University is committed to equality of opportunity and to selection on merit. It therefore welcomes applications from all sections of society and particularly welcomes applications from people with a disability.
Heidelberg Center for American Studies 14th Annual Spring Academy Conference Heidelberg, Germany, 20-24 March, 2017 /Call for Papers/ The fourteenth HCA Spring Academy on American History, Culture, and Politics will be held from March 20-24, 2017. The Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) invites applications for this annual one-week conference that provides twenty international Ph.D. students with the opportunity to present and discuss their Ph.D. projects. The HCA Spring Academy will also offer participants the chance to work closely with experts in their respective fields of study. For this purpose, workshops held by visiting scholars will take place during this week. We encourage applications that range broadly across the arts, humanities, and social sciences and pursue an interdisciplinary approach. Papers can be presented on any subject relating to the study of the United States of America. Possible topics include American identity, issues of ethnicity, gender, transatlantic relations, U.S. domestic and […]
Long-Term Fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars who wish conduct research at the Newberry; applicants for long-term opportunities must hold a PhD by the application deadline, which is November 15. Long-Term Fellowships are intended to support individual scholarly research and promote serious intellectual exchange through active participation in the Newberry’s scholarly activities, including fellows’ seminars and the weekly colloquium. Stipends for Long-Term Fellowships are $4,200 per month. The Monticello College Foundation Fellowship for Women is designed for a postdoctoral woman at an early stage (pre-tenure) of her academic career, whose work gives clear promise of scholarly productivity and who would benefit significantly from research, writing, and participation in the intellectual life of the Newberry. The applicant’s topic must be related to the Newberry’s collection. Preference will be given to proposals particularly concerned with the study of women. Applicants must request at least four and no more than six months of […]
"A Return to the Archives” The Society for History in the Federal Government (SHFG) will hold its annual meeting on April 13, 2017, at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Building in Washington D.C. Throughout its 37-year history, SHFG has enjoyed a unique & fruitful relationship with the National Archives. As one of the nation’s primary stewards of its records, NARA’s holdings are indispensable to federal historians and public history professionals across the nation. In turn, SHFG members have used NARA’s resources for official work duties and personal projects. Thus, the Society’s annual meeting will highlight the interplay among archivists, historical researchers, and public history professionals that enables a greater understanding of our collective past. The program committee invites participants to broadly interpret the conference theme, “A Return to the Archives.” Topics might include: the impact of technology and archival resources on the sharing of public history; the challenges […]
CFP Jimmy Carter and the ‘Year of the Evangelicals’ Reconsidered April 6-8, 2017 New Hampshire Institute of Politics, Saint Anselm College Manchester, New Hampshire In 1976 Newsweek magazine borrowed a phrase from pollster George Gallup and proclaimed that year the “Year of the Evangelicals.” Both presidential candidates – Republican Gerald Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter – claimed to be “born again” Christians, a claim made by one third of all Americans; and significant proportions of Protestants and Catholics told Gallup’s pollsters that the Bible should be taken literally, a marker of conservative evangelical Christianity. This phenomenon caught journalists by surprise, and they struggled to understand this new segment of the electorate, beginning at the top with the candidacy of Jimmy Carter. The election of 1976 brought evangelicals back into the political arena. While many of these people supported Carter’s candidacy and made the difference in his election, the ways in […]
15 November 2016, 1:15pm-2:00pm, UCL Darwin Lecture Theatre, Malet Place THE 2016 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: A POST-MORTEM Nick Witham will provide an accessible overview of the controversial 2016 US presidential election campaign as a part of the UCL Lunch Hour Lectures series. More information.